During the end-of-run (EOR) period of the authors’ company’s residue hydrodesulfurization (RDS) process in early February 2019, some hot spots occurred in the catalysts of the reactors.
In these challenging times, fluidized catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) aim to improve margins by processing poorer- or different-quality feeds, while maintaining good yield performance.
The carbon dioxide compressor is one of the key major equipment in a urea production plant that produces fertilizers.
Brun, L. A.,
Majorel, C.,
Thoret-Bauchet, J. P., Total;
Pothuaud, A.,
Cross, C., SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
Weak organic amines are commonly used in crude unit overhead systems to prevent acidic corrosion from chlorides and other acidic contaminants via a neutralization reaction.
The volatile impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit at the same time the petrochemical industry was entering a downcycle.
A sour water stripper (SWS) system is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide is present.
The HPI has been going through a digital transformation, increasingly adopting digital technologies to improve existing processes and structures to improve performance.
Driving profitable refinery operations often requires owner-operators to balance production flexibility and product optimization with asset availability and equipment reliability.
At petrochemical and refining facilities, it is common for U-clamps over piping runs to become corroded, sometimes to the extent where they are completely thinned out.
When WirelessHART first hit the market in 2008, most of the native devices using it were process measurement instruments.